diff --git a/.changeset/sour-jokes-sneeze.md b/.changeset/sour-jokes-sneeze.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cafaea595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-jokes-sneeze.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend': patch
+---
+
+Added an option to filter notifications by topic
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.test.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.test.ts
index 6204629821..c6df60c56e 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.test.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@ describe.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
         expect(notifications.length).toBe(1);
         expect(notifications.at(0)?.id).toEqual(id2);
       });
+
+      it('should filter notifications based on topic', async () => {
+        await storage.saveNotification(testNotification1);
+        await storage.saveNotification(testNotification2);
+        await storage.saveNotification(testNotification3);
+
+        const notifications = await storage.getNotifications({
+          user,
+          topic: 'efgh-topic',
+        });
+
+        expect(notifications.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(notifications.at(0)?.id).toEqual(id1);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('getNotifications filters on severity', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
index f4bd25d1ba..3d027128ec 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ export class DatabaseNotificationsStore implements NotificationsStore {
       query.whereNull('read');
     } // or match both if undefined
 
+    if (options.topic) {
+      query.where('topic', '=', options.topic);
+    }
+
     if (options.saved) {
       query.whereNotNull('saved');
     } else if (options.saved === false) {
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/NotificationsStore.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/NotificationsStore.ts
index 901ea1695d..3c57d0ac4a 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/NotificationsStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/NotificationsStore.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export type NotificationGetOptions = {
   limit?: number;
   search?: string;
   orderField?: EntityOrder[];
+  topic?: string;
   read?: boolean;
   saved?: boolean;
   createdAfter?: Date;
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/service/router.ts
index bb5c9e06ac..3ca3ce46bc 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ export async function createRouter(
       opts.read = false;
       // or keep undefined
     }
+
+    if (req.query.topic) {
+      opts.topic = req.query.topic.toString();
+    }
+
     if (req.query.saved === 'true') {
       opts.saved = true;
     } else if (req.query.saved === 'false') {